I've got to have people debate about this. It preys on my mind after all.



So here's the deal: Should the police in any country be allowed to use the weapon? In case you don't know what it is: It's a weapon that uses electricity in order to make people change their mind in a very special way. I for one believe we definitely shouldn't allow anybody to use it, as it is something you do assume responsibility for.
It is indeed interesting how many, many people are still permitted to.
There's been some cases in which the police took away a few lives by means of it. Here is one: There was a demonstration somewhere near Michigan. The police used it and well, what did we get? One man died.
It is also pretty funny how they didn't listen out for what the protester said around 10-20 times. He said he would stop, "just drop that ****". You are highly likely to get somebody injured REALLY badly.
I have a friend (It's an adult though) who is a 45-year-old veteran.
So as you're finding out he's been retired for quite a while.
Anyway he used to be a police constable. So he has told me that in some countries, it is still permitted to use it in order to make many people change their ways. Well, I definitely would. So even though it's not being used many times these days, we really should get rid of it, as it's just useless. I mean, we don't want to risk people's lives, so no, a definite no to the idea of using it as a weapon.

Share your thoughts on it, please.

Well sometimes people have to go to drastic measures to stop people from doing the wrong thing . Then again some people in this world do not stop when they should stop. Which brings me to this quote "with great power brings great responsibility"

I believe it should continue to be used, but the voltage is too high, and THAT should be changed. For most criminals, the only way to stop them (considering that they are a valuable source of information and should be captured alive) is to use that instead of just shooting bullets or asking them nicely to 'freeze'.

There are many things to consider here. First of all, you have to take into account that when an officer is using a taser, he is not using a gun. Better to be incapacitated by electricity than to be shot dead. However, the police rely on this weapon way to much. Perhaps if they only had guns they wouldn't be as quick to pull the trigger as they are with tasers. It seems to me that officers use tasers in situations when they are not necessary, like the example you gave. However, I only say that based on the cases I see in the news, which are rarely ever about tasers being used the right way. I think it likely that tasers are used correctly more times than they are not. They are a very helpful tool for law enforcement officials, and are often necessary to subdue criminals.

Tasers are good, but police officers don't consider them to be a weapon, so they use it more often.